Each
year, all of the Hong Kong based Hash House Harrier clubs, now numbering 14, organise a joint Hash to raise money for Operation
Santa Claus organised by the South China Morning Post (SCMP) and Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK).

The event is held on a Sunday in early December and involves a 1 hour
plus cross-country run, or Hash, for all ages and standards of fitness where the runners, or Hashers, follow a pre-laid
trail. Following the run there will be a ‘Circle’ where the Grand Master of the event will hand out various punishments
or, DownDowns, for Hashers who have committed misdemeanours on the Hash such as short cutting or wearing outrageous running
kit. During the Circle a raffle is held for prizes donated by various sponsoring establishments / organisations. Once the
Circle finishes an OnOn or Bash is held, typically with buffet style food to replenish those lost calories.

Typically, well over 100 hashers take part and from humble beginnings recent
years have seen us raise around HK$60,000 each year for Operation Santa Claus by contributions from the different Hash
clubs, the raffle and sponsoring establishments / organisations.

Anyone interested in finding out more about Hashing in Hong Kong please visit one of the following:

The Hash House Harriers was founded in
1938 by a British man named Albert Stephen Ignatius Gispert in Malaya. He gathered together several expatriates to form a
group in Kuala Lumpur and the group received its name from the Selangor Club Chambers, which due to its lacklustre food was
commonly referred to as the 'Hash House'.

Hashing is similar to the old sport
of Hare and Hounds where the Hare lays a paper or chalk trail and the remaining pack of Hashers follow the trail across country
tracking the Hare. There are currently almost 1500 hashes, including groups in almost every major city in the world, and Hashing
has developed into a truly worldwide culture with its own traditions, rituals and myths.

Hashing is not just about running but about meeting friends and having a great time. It’s not
without good reason that a Hash is often referred to as a "drinking club with a running problem".

Operation Santa Claus

Operation Santa Claus (OSC) is an annual charity campaign
jointly organised by South China Morning Post (SCMP) and Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). The campaign seeks to raise funds
and awareness for Hong Kong charities over the winter festive season.

In 2012 Operation Santa Claus celebrated its 25th anniversary.
From a modest beginning in 1988, Operation Santa Claus has raised more than HK$154
million in cash, goods and services, which helped over 119 needy groups and charities in Hong Kong. Santa Hash is proud to
have been supporting Operation Santa Claus since the beginning, the first Santa Hash being held on 18 December 1988.

The Campaign is a community event, and throughout December, corporations,
clubs, schools and individual donors, the elderly and children, all united under the banner of the annual charity appeal for
the city’s needy by organizing a series of creative fundraising activities.

Media Coverage

Articles are published daily in SCMP and aired by RTHK’s Radio 3
for a number of weeks in advance of the Christmas holiday season. The first weeks mainly focus on introducing the selected
beneficiaries, while the whole month of December covers the series of donor fundraising events as well as beneficiaries issues.

Primary coverage is in the City Section of SCMP, but news can also
be reported in various sections of the newspaper, including the front page, Editorial, Business, Education, Sports and Features.
The Young Post may also publish the various creative and fundraising activities organised by some of the participating schools.
The online edition of SCMP - scmp.com - features a special Operation Santa Claus section, showing all SCMP coverage on the
campaign.

The official website (http://osc.scmp.com) for Operation Santa Claus is updated on a daily basis during Operation Santa Claus, providing first-hand information, news
and photos relating to the campaign. It also includes podcasts and vidcasts and collects on-line donations.

Some of
the OSC events are also covered by the local newspapers, magazines and TV.

2012 Beneficiaries were:

Children's Heart Foundation

兒童心臟基金會

House
of the Heart (HOH)

Children & Youth

Hans Andersen Club Ltd.

安徙生會

Read Freshmen
Project

Children & Youth

Kids4Kids
Ltd.

童協基金有限公司

Buddy Reading
for Small Group Home Projects

Children & Youth

Playright Children's Play Association

智樂兒童遊樂協會

Hospital Play for Children

Children & Youth

Teach Unlimited Foundation Ltd.

教育無邊界基金有限公司

Teach Unlimited Program

Children & Youth

Christian Action

基督教勵行會

Foreign
Domestic Helpers and Migrant Workers Programme (DMW)

Community

Christian Family Service Centre

基督教家庭服務中心

Cook with Hope

Community

Operation
Dawn Ltd.

香港晨曦會有限公司

Strengthen
Family Connections (SFC) Program

Community

Helping Hand

伸手助人協會

Helping
Hand Link Point

Elderly

Foodlink
Foundation Ltd.

膳心連基金有限公司

Foodlink
Expansion Project 4

Environmental

World
Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong

世界自然(香港)基金會

No to Environmental & Ecological Destruction - Education for Sustainable Development Programme for Underprivileged
Students (NEED)

Environmental

Hong
Kong Red Cross Hospital Schools

香港紅十字會醫院學校

iLearn in Hospital

Medical

Joshua Hellmann Foundation for Orphan Disease

NA

Diagnostic Testing and
Rare Arts Program for Children with Orphan Disease

Medical

Lions Kidney Educational Centre & Research Foundation

國際獅子會腎病教育中心及研究基金

Purchase and replace of Haemodialysis Machines for a Renal Dialysis Centre